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2006.90.1

Cloth, black with orange and green stripes, made of four panels of cloth sewn together.

2006.90.1

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Collection type
Object
Description
Cloth, black with orange and green stripes, made of four panels of cloth sewn together.
Long description
Angami Naga cloth. Worn by both sexes. The cloth is made of four panels of black cloth. The two panels at the outer edges of the cloth are black with orange and green stripes. The sequence of stripes from the outer selvage inwards on both strips is: green stripe (3mm wide), black (3mm wide), green (3mm wide), black (3mm wide), orange (55mm wide), black (16mm wide), green (15mm wide), black (15mm wide), orange (15mm wide), black (15mm wide), green (15mm wide), black (15mm wide), orange (15mm wide), black (56mm wide) which is sewn to the next strip of cloth. The two centre panels are black wiht a total of eight rectangular sections of supplementary weft designs of zigzag and diamond patterns in green and orange thread. At one end the cloth is decorated with three black and green stripes and three stripes of orange and green embroidery. Below this band of three stripes the cloth is fringed and knotted. At the opposite end the cloth is edged in orange and green stitching. [MdeA 02/11/2006]
Geographical reference
India
Asia > Southern Asia > India
Nagaland
Cultural groups
Angami Naga
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source James Philip Mills
PRM source John Henry Hutton
Date
Acquisition information
Found unentered: 02/11/2006
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Textile Plant, Material Cotton Yarn Plant, Process Woven, Process Embroidered, Process Stitched
Dimensions
Length: max 1680 mm warp, Length: max 1023 mm weft
Object numbers
Accession number: 2006.90.1
Research and responses

This object was identified as probably Northern Angami by Dr Vibha Joshi, September 2006. Dr Joshi identified the cloth as a lohe cloth (a pattern of black cloth with stripes on either side), worn by both sexes and quite a common Angami cloth. [MdeA 02/11/2006]

Search terms: Clothing Textile, Clothing

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